A dust storm swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness and stripping thousands of tonnes of topsoil off Australia's main farmlands.
Following are answers to questions about the storm.
WHAT CAUSED THE DUST STORM?
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/qa-australias-dust-storm-linked-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-perry
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/el-nino
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
